Al-Waqiah (الواقعة)
Chapter 56 · The Inevitable · Juz 27
لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem
Neither cool nor beneficial.
Quran 56:44 — Surah Al-Waqiah
This is verse 44 of 96 in Surah Al-Waqiah (الواقعة), meaning “The Inevitable”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 27 (Part 27) of the Quran.
Surah Al-Waqiah is the 56th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 96 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem
فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ
And a shade of black smoke,
لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Neither cool nor beneficial.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
And they used to persist in the great violation,